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Just published: 'Religious Persecution raging in Campuses'

This book exposes unfair discrimination and suppression
applied by university administrators across Japan in the pretext of 'countering
cults' against those students who belong to campus clubs affiliated with new
religious movements. The book calls for stopping such practices.

In particular, the book points out serious human rights
violation against members of the Collegeate Association for Research of
Principle (CARP), a student body affiliated with the Unification Church. Its
author and journalist specialized in religion, Mr. Chu Murou, described the
situation as "the unprecedented religious persecution, which will leave an
indelible dark spot in Japan's history of religiion and higher education."

The real pictures of the persecution are shown in two
parts: The first section integrated the six-part series which Mr. Murou had
contributed to Monthly 'Zaikai Nippon'. The second section consists of three
sessions of talks: a tripatite talk among Junichi Ishizaki, professor at the
Kobe Gakuin University, Kazuhiro Yonemoto, reporter, and Mr. Muroo; a dialogue
between Lawyer Fukumoto and Murou; a dialogue between Aileen Barker, Professor
Emiretus of the London University, and Murou.

It is this publisher's wish that many more people will
appreciate the true face of 'anti cult measures' which ignore even the most
basic social norms with an excuse of 'Support for Students'.(end)